Feed and medicament trough.



I J. C. MENDEL. FEED AND MEDICAMENT Tnouem APPLICATION FILED APR.5,I916.

1,220,441.v Patented Mar. 27,1917.

ATTORNEY JAMES C. MENDEL, OF TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA.

FEED AND MEDICAMENT TROUGH.

Application filed April 5, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns C. MENDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Titusvillc, in the county of Brevard and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed and MedicamentTroughs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved trough which is used for holdingfeed and medicament, the feed acting as a bait' so that chickens willstep into the medicament trough and thus have their feet and legscovered with the liquid medicament while eating from the feed trough.This device is particularlv adapted for curing what is known as scalylegs, coal oil being placed in. the trough together with water sothatwhile the chickens are eatingfrom the feed trough, the oil will beapplied to the legs.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this trough that thecovers for the liquid troughs can be closed when it is not desired touse the device as a medicament trough and may be swung open when sodesired thus providing gang-ways leading to the medicament trough.

This invention is illustrated in the accOmpanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a perspective view of the improved feed and medicamenttroughs.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the feed andmedicament troughs.

The medicament trough 10 is provided with covers 11 which are hinged tothe trough as shown at 12 and provided with strips 13 permitting thechickens to easily walk up the covers when swung to the position shownin Fig. 1. The feed trough 14 is provided with openings 15 through whichaccess may be had to theinterior of the feed trough and is provided withend flanges 16 for releasably holding closures 17 in place. Brackets 18are connected with the feed trough and secured to the side walls of themedicament trough 10 by means of rivets 19 Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 27, 191%.

Serial No. 89,155.

thus firmly holding the feed trough in e11- gagement with the walls ofthe medicament trough.

When this device is in use, water is placed in the medicament trough andcoal oil is then poured upon the water. Feed of some type is placed inthe feed trough and the device is then ready for use. The covers 11 areturned back to the position shown in F 1 thus forming gang-ways up whichthe chickens may easily walk. Upon reaching the medicament trough 10,the chickens will hop down into the trough in order to reach the feed inthe feed trough 14 and in doing so, will get the feet and legs coveredwith the coal oil. This coal oil is a very good cure for what is knownas scaly legs and it will thus be seen that with this device, the coaloil can be applied to the chickens legs without it being necessary tocatch and hold the chickens while applying the coal oil. If it isdesired to simply use the device as a feed trough, the covers 11 can beclosed. It is obvious that any other type of medicament could be placedin trough 10.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the character described comprising abase forming a receptacle, a trough extending across said baseintermediate its length, and covers for the space between said troughand the ends of said base serving as gang-ways when moved to an openposition.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base, a troughextending across the base and having its walls provided with inletopenings, flanges carried by said trough, and removable closuresreleasably held in a position to cover the inlet openings by saidflanges.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. MENDEL.

Witnesses W. E. GOLDSMITH, F. J. WEBB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

